Brad Amson Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr Amson is great. He gave me alot of information and it was very clear. I left his office knowing just what to expect.

Dr. Amson is a quiet spoken, caring and empathetic individual. As a registered nurse I've come in contact with many physician's and Dr. Amson's demeanour is genuine and caring. He feels that there are numerous factors for obesity, none of which is a lack of control. He stresses the importance of activity pre and post op, gives excellent explainations re proceedures, pre, intra, and post op and risks involved. He has an assessment team which consists of a dietitan, and endocrinologist, and respirologist. His office staff are happy and accomodating. The waits are often long. I'm still waiting for my surgery date, so can't comment on his surgical prowess, however, from my research (nurse to nurse) I hear excellent reports . Having worked in the health care profession for 30 yrs. I can assure you that what's important is surgical competence, having a pleasant bedside manner is a bonus, but honey when you cut into me, I want you to know where you're going. Overall I feel Dr. Amson is an excellent choice, but will update you after the surgery.

I just had my first appointment with Dr. Amson today. I had my Mother go with me as my "Buddy" support.
My appointment was initialy for 10:30 am and I was called the day before with a change to 1:30 pm. I was very nervous when I got the call as I know his office is very busy and backlogged and I was afraid of being rescheduled at a later date.
I was told before hand that it would probably be a 1 hour or more wait but I was in to see him within half an hour of my appointment time.
Dr. Amson had another Doctor with him during our appointment, but both of them put me at ease. As I had spent the last six months researching WLS as an option, I had all of my questions, and all of my accumulated data with me.
Dr. Amson reviewed all the specifics with me, including why he chose to move from restrictive surgery to performing RNY, what the risk factors were, and how I could expect to benefit. I now have a very great level of confidence in him. He was gentle and quite understanding of my emotional duress.
As of this point, he is proceeding to schedule my surgery, as well as send me to see a dietician, and arrange for testing.
As we know in Canada right now, especially in BC, it could be quite a while until my surgical date, but at least its semi-officail and I have lots to look forward to.

Dr. Amson was a very personable surgeon. He took the time to explain, in detail, exactly how my procedure would be performed and what I could expect as far as recovery . He also was up front about the risks associated with my particular surgery, which I found refreshing.I did not feel rushed at all during my initial consultation with him.
His office staff were very helpful and answered my pre op and post op phone calls and questions politely.I did find the office extremely busy and it was not odd to wait more than 45 minutes in the reception room before I saw the doctor. This was a little distracting, but as I wasn't rushed at all when I was in the exma room, it simply showed me that he took time with each patient.
While in hospital,he visited me every day and answered his pages from the nurses if they called him re my case.
I would not hesitate to have Dr. Amson do another procedure for me should I need it.

In my opinion, surgical competence is more important than bedside manner, however, Dr. Brad Amson displayed both.

I found Dr. Amson to be quite concerned about morbid obesity even though he himself does not have a weight problem. He is quite willing to answer all your questions, although at times he is rather rushed for time. You seldom see him that you don't have a long wait. I found his office staff to be curteous and friendly.
I guess what I liked least about Amson is the amount of time spent waiting to get to see him. I started this process last December and am still waiting for a surgery date. Hopefully in October\November I will have the surgery, so be prepared to wait awhile. Don't expect this to happen over night. Amson discussed the pros and cons of surgery with me, although I had already researched it and decided that surgery was what I wanted. We discussed the VBG and RNY and decided on the RNY. I would rate Amson fairly high overall. My family doctor had him checked out before she would even refer me and he came highly recommended by other medical staff. I feel you should have surgical competence to say the least, but I also think you need some kind of bedside manner, especially with what we are dealing with.

My Dr. was Dr. Amson
In Victoria, BC, Canada.

He was very nice to me, and very empathetic.
He made sure I was able to have the surgery
as soon as possible, as my husband was
going to be leaving for school in the fall
and I needed all the support I could get.

His office staff made sure that I got to see
the doctor when I had some concerns.
I would have liked more information on after
care. He had an excellent bedside manner and
is highly regarded in the city. My
family physician (who also is a surgeon)
assisted Dr. Amson on my surgery. I
was very well taken care of!
I would rate Dr. Amson as excellent..
I am very happy with my surgery.